The Enforcement Directorate (ED) may take some more time
to launch its investigations against YSR Congress president Y.S.
Jaganmohan Reddy and possibly question him for alleged violation of the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and Foreign Exchange
Management Act (FEMA) as it is yet to initiate the legal formalities.
Sources
said the ED has to file a petition in the Special Court for CBI Cases
seeking permission to question Jagan either in prison or for taking him
into its custody. However, the ED has not filed any such petition so
far.
It had earlier sought the court's permission to
question the accused in the illegal mining by Obulapuram Mining Company,
Emaar Properties and disproportionate assets case against Jagan. But
its petitions are yet to be disposed of by the court because some of the
accused, now lodged in jail, such as IAS officers B.P. Acharya and Y.
Srilakshmi, besides Koneru Prasad, have filed objections to the ED's
move. The ED authorities have taken copies of charge-sheets filed in the
illegal mining, Emaar and Jagan cases. But it is yet to lay its hands
on the supplementary charge-sheet in Emaar case and the second and third
charge-sheets in Jagan case, all filed by the CBI. The court has since
given notices to the CBI already asking it whether it had any objection
to parting with the copies of documents sought by the ED. Sources stated
that the CBI is likely to file its response on Thursday in this regard.
Once it collects all the charge-sheets, the ED will have to come to a
conclusion whether there is a prima facie case or not of violations of
PMLA and FEMA. Once it is convinced on this score, it will send its
officials to the countries from where money was allegedly transferred to
companies through the ‘hawala' route. These investigations will form
the basis of its decision to question the Kadapa MP.
from Hindu
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